Pirate breaks outside 10 Hopeful rivals
In a case of perhaps saving the best for last, the $300,000 Hopeful (G1) for two-year-olds has come up a fascinating end-of-meet feature on closing day of the Saratoga stand on Monday. Although the field […]
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Emmanuel collars pacesetting Filo Di Arianna in Poker; Chez Pierre third
Ten lengths behind Chez Pierre when a no-show seventh in the Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) at Keeneland, Emmanuel engineered a total form reversal in Saturday’s Poker (G3) at Belmont Park. […]
Up to the Mark, Chez Pierre, Casa Creed headline Belmont Day turf stakes
Up to the Mark will look to enhance his credentials as America’s leading turf male over a distance in Saturday’s $750,000 Manhattan (G1) at Belmont Park. The Todd Pletcher trainee stretches out to 1 1/4 […]
Coolmore Turf Mile attracts star-studded field; Regal Glory, Golden Pal favored in final BC preps
Saturday’s $1 million Coolmore Turf Mile (G1) at Keeneland figures to go a long way toward determining the U.S.’s leading candidate(s) for next month’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), for which the Coolmore serves as a […]
Forte splashes to Hopeful upset
Forte relished the slop on closing day of the Saratoga meet on Monday, rallying to defeat even-money favorite Gulfport in the $300,000 Hopeful S. (G1). Rating in fifth down the backside in the field of […]
Hopeful pits Gulfport, Mo Strike versus flashy maiden winners
Saratoga brings down the curtain on Labor Day with a fascinating renewal of the Hopeful (G1) for two-year-olds and the Bernard Baruch H. (G3) for the turf crowd. […]
Qurbaan back in winner’s circle after Baruch repeat
Shadwell Stable’s Qurbaan encountered different conditions, and brought a different profile, into his title defense in Monday’s $250,000 Bernard Baruch H. (G2), but the Saratoga turf feature once again proved the right spot for him […]
Green Light Go looks to keep rolling in Hopeful; Qurbaan mounts Baruch title defense
If Saratoga Special (G2) winner Green Light Go can follow up in Monday’s $350,000 Hopeful (G1), the unbeaten juvenile would become the first since City Zip (2000) to turn the double. Six rivals are set […]
Royal Ascot: Cracksman the one to beat in Breeders’ Cup WAYI Prince of Wales’s
The hottest antepost favorite of Royal Ascot 2018 will take center stage on Wednesday as Cracksman lines up in the Prince of Wales’s (G1). His towering presence is keeping the field relatively small for this […]
U S Navy Flag romps in Dewhurst; O’Brien one away from tying Bobby Frankel
Trainer Aidan O’Brien took a step closer to Bobby Frankel’s record on Saturday when U S Navy Flag ran his rivals ragged in the Dewhurst (G1) at Newmarket. That marked O’Brien’s 24th Group 1 win […]